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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewolf_26" data-source="post: 282739" data-attributes="member: 1317">We had a long combat with an several war parties of goblins at our game last night.  But the combat did bring up two points on which there was debate.1: When running, you lose your dex bonus.  Do you still threaten an area if you made a x3, x4, or x5 run? Couldn't find anything in relation to this after looking for several minutes.  It was part of the goblins strategy to run away from us, but the barbarians in our party could run faster, and cut the goblin off at the pass.  The question was : Did the running barbarian threaten the goblin, as the goblins next action was to run around the barbarian into their ambush zone.2. Can to creatures act in unison to attack an opponent?  The DM running the game at the time stated that the goblins had practiced swarm tactics, making certain that they approached their target at the same time (so that all flanking goblins get the flanking bonus to hit).  The Player who had the most problem with this argued that the PCs never did this.  The players never delayed their initiative so that they could do what the goblins are doing and it was unfair for the goblins to move in that manner.  He felt that that even though the mass of goblins (2 or 3 at times, 9-14 at others) were on one initiative, they should each be moved one at a time, like the PCs do.The DM and Player argued for about 20 minutes over the goblins, with the other player and I playing rock paper scissors to see who was going to "break up" the arguement. Since we tied, we both stepped in.I told the player and the dm that I would post a question about this and gather other people's opinions before making a ruling on the strategy, as I'm the primary DM of the game (the DM running the goblin tribe is running a scenario he wrote for the party, and allowing me a chance to play for once).Initially, I see no problem with a creature making a move action as normal, then using his standard action  as a readied action "to attack when I get flanking."  However, I'm looking for ya'lls opinions on the subject.What do ya'll think?Werewolf_26"Red Valkaryie shot the potion."</blockquote>

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